Effects of cost sharing on long-term care service utilization among home-dwelling older adults in Japan

•In 2015, Japan reformed the long-term care (LTC) insurance system.•The policy change raised coinsurance rates only for higher-income people.•We analyzed nationwide LTC claims data, covering most Japanese older adults.•We demonstrated the policy change decreased LTC service use slightly.•Slight serv...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Health policy (Amsterdam) 2022-12, Vol.126 (12), p.1310-1316
Hauptverfasser:	Sano, Kazuaki, Miyawaki, Atsushi, Abe, Kazuhiro, Jin, Xueying, Watanabe, Taeko, Tamiya, Nanako, Kobayashi, Yasuki
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Coinsurance rate Cost sharing Difference-in-differences approach Home-dwelling older adults Long-term care
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